Job Description

At Bristol Myers Squibb, we are inspired by a single vision – transforming patients’ lives through science. In oncology, hematology, immunology and cardiovascular disease – and one of the most diverse and promising pipelines in the industry – each of our passionate colleagues contribute to innovations that drive meaningful change. We bring a human touch to every treatment we pioneer. Join us and make a difference.

This role is responsible for overseeing the Sourcing Excellence Supplier Relationship Management, External Sourcing Operations, and Sourcing Analytics capabilities, supporting Global Procurement. This includes working with Business Partnering & Strategy teams to successfully define and execute Supplier Management actions for select suppliers and in some cases driving the end-to-end relationship. In addition, this group will execute Supplier Performance Management across suppliers and resolve Risk Management gaps.  

This role is accountable for ensuring the Supplier Management activities within Sourcing Excellence are in close alignment to global supply / category strategies. This role is expected to maximize the value from 3rd parties beyond traditional procurement levers, including impact to revenue projects and sustainability targets. Additionally, this role is responsible for the administration of the sourcing excellence outsourcing relationships for select categories. This role requires close collaboration with Senior Leadership teams across Global Procurement.

Major Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Work collaboratively with cross-functional category leads and ensure that the teams executing Supplier Management and Data Analytics activities do so in a manner consistent with BMS category strategies
• Working with the management to oversee Sourcing Excellence Supplier Management capabilities, including Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), Supplier Performance Management (SPM), Supplier Development, External Sourcing Operations & Analytics:
  • Work with the SE Analytics team to perform Supplier Performance Management activities (assess KPIs, prepare dashboards, etc.)
  • Work with the management to develop, evaluate, and manage internal and external relationships with suppliers, with a focus on overseeing supplier visits and evaluations to determine sustainable supplier performance
  • Work with the management to develop and implement standards to measure supplier performance and quality improvement
  • Work with the SE Analytics team for overseeing internal and market analytics to support development of strategic category plans
  • Work with Category Leaders to establish preferred supplier lists for each Category of spend and manage compliance to the preferred supplier list
  • Work on prioritized analytics on supplier spend, category spend, and pricing for high-risk items (to ensure compliance to contracts)
  • Work as an active team member to oversee taxonomy initiatives to rationalize big data into appropriate classifications to support informed decision making
  • Ensure execution of Risk Management measures (e.g., dual-sourcing, BCM, etc.)
• Manage the oversight and administration of Sourcing Excellence outsourcing relationships, including:
  • Ensuring adherence to BMS processes, methodologies, tools, and standard of excellence
  • Allocation of capacity to sourcing projects based on defined criteria (e.g., Tiering of sub-category)
• Identify and drive 3rd party enabled transformational opportunities, including enablement of value-driven activities, revenue realization, and sustainability targets
• Oversee Sourcing Excellence outsourcing / 3rd party relationships for select categories
  • Monitor and track performance of outsourcing providers against service level agreements for select categories (e.g., Tier 3 or as aligned with BPS leadership)
  • Collaborate with leads to continuously improve ways-of-working and mutual value from relationship
  • Manage day-to-day relationship with program lead, including issue escalation and resolution
  • Define development plans to improve specific areas as needed
• Build and maintain networks within and outside of the organization to both strengthen their understanding of the big picture and leverage diverse perspectives, experiences and expertise to maximize performance
  • Uses knowledge of external and internal business factors to inform decisions
  • Ensures teams are responsible for contributing beyond their own function
  • Proactively connects teams, networks and individuals in order to increase organizational performance

Around the world, we are passionate about making an impact on the lives of patients with serious diseases. Empowered to apply our individual talents and diverse perspectives in an inclusive culture, our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. 

Physical presence at the BMS worksite or physical presence in the field is an essential job function of this role which the Company deems critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, employee well-being and engagement, and enhances the Company culture.

To protect the safety of our workforce, customers, patients and communities, the policy of the Company requires all employees and workers in the U.S. and Puerto Rico to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless they have received an exception based on an approved request for a medical or religious reasonable accommodation.  Therefore, all BMS applicants seeking a role located in the U.S. and Puerto Rico must confirm that they have already received or are willing to receive the full COVID-19 vaccination by their start date as a qualification of the role and condition of employment.  This requirement is subject to state and local law restrictions and may not be applicable to employees working in certain jurisdictions such as Montana. This requirement is also subject to discussions with collective bargaining representatives in the U.S.

Our company is committed to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request an approval of accommodation prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application or if you are applying to a role based in the U.S. or Puerto Rico and you believe that you are unable to receive a COVID-19 vaccine due to a medical condition or sincerely held religious belief, during or any part of the recruitment process, please direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

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